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Center Stage
Directed by
Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Not Rated
1992
2h 35m
Drama
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Romance
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7.4
100%
86%
7.2
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Biopic of 1930s Chinese actress Lingyu Ruan.
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Cast of Center Stage
Maggie Cheung
Ruan Lingyu
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Cai Chusheng
Ronald Chin Han
Tang Jishan
Carina Lau
Li Lili
Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah
Zhang Damin
Cecilia Yip Tung
Lin Chuchu
Zi Xiong Li
Li Minwei
Paul Chang Chung
Luo Mingyou
Maryanna Yip San
Chen Yanyan
Hsiao Hsiang
Ruan Ma
Fu Chong
Cheng Xiaohua
Xiao Rongsheng
Shen Ye
Sun Dongguang
Zheng Dali
Dai Tian
Wang Qi'er
Shen Yu
Tang Weiqian
Center Stage Ratings & Reviews
Video Librarian Magazine
Kathy Fennessy
If Center Stage represents the more difficult proposition, it confirms [Maggie Cheung's] status as one of Hong Kong's brightest and most beautiful stars.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Always interesting if not always involving.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
I am shocked that no resourceful docu-maker has taken on Ruan Lingyun as a subject I now want to know more about.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...Kwan's bold approach is something like analyzing a film in real time, his intertwining of feature scenes, interviews with actors and filmmakers...plus clips from what remains of her work enriching the experience.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The self-aware drama moves at the hypnotic pace of an elusive dream-above all, in spectacularly staged musical scenes, set in a night club, merging sinuous and languid dances with high-stakes emotional battles.
Film Inquiry
Lee Jutton
One hopes that this new restoration of Center Stage reignites interest not just in the film, which is an absolute masterpiece in its own right, but in the life and career of Ruan Lingyu.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
A biopic like no other.
4Columns
Andrew Chan
Few biopics have so eloquently interrogated the very foundations of the genre: our desire for intimacy with the stars and our sense of being entitled to knowledge of their personal lives.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
The luminous Maggie Cheung, who deservedly won the Berlin Festival Acting Award, offers a sensitive portrait of the popular actress Ruan Ling-Yu (she was compared to Garbo), who committed suicide over a scandal in her personal life.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
An overwhemingly moving tribute to the popular Hong Kong actress Ruan Ling-yu of the 1930s...
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